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Issue: The Avengers #284
Publication Date: October 1987
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Issues: #284 of 401 Issues (872 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.40 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gregory Wright (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; later standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #200)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
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Assault on Olympus!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Buscema [as B.] (signed)
Inker(s): Tom Palmer [as P.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Avengers
Character(s): Ares; Artemis; the Avengers [She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]]; Hephaestus
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Los Poderosos Vengadores #10 published December 2012
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Battleground: Olympus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inker(s): Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colorist(s): Christie Scheele
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Avengers
Character(s): Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Doctor Druid; She-Hulk; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]]; Hercules; Wasp; Greek gods [Ares (villain); Apollo; Aphrodite; Artemis (villain); Athena; Dionysus (villain); Hephaestus; Hera; Hermes; Venus; Zeus (villain)]; Prometheus
Synopsis: The Avengers, except Captain America whose legs were badly injured by Zeus, battle Zeus and the Greek gods aligned with him. The team is able to take out the gods but are unable to defeat an enraged Zeus. Prometheus manages to revive Hercules, but angered the demigod is unable to perceive friend from foe.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAvengers: Assault on Olympus #[nn] [premiere edition] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold: Los Poderosos Vengadores #10 published December 2012
In Issue: FlagAvengers Epic Collection #17 published July 2014
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mark Gruenwald
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Avengers Assemble!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mark's Remarks editorial; letter on The Avengers #278. Letter from Jim Hardy

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